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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2484 |
| Bigs in School |
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| Requester: |
Matt Mucci |
Organization: |
Arnall and Associates |
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| Project Title: |
Bigs in School |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2003 4:01:30 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Alexander |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Bigs in School program is designed to provide individual tutorial and mentoring assistance to at risk children in an effort to raise the level of academic performance. |
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| Recipient: |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida |
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Contact: |
Matt Mucci |
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4701 NW 33rd Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 222-7718 |
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Ft. Lauderdale 33309 |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| The Bigs in Schools statewide mentoring program funded by the Department of Education is a school based one to one customized mentoring program that provides a coordinated, professionally managed mentoring effort in 14 counties throughout the State of Florida and has reached over 1600 school age children over the last three years. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 87% of mentoring children improved their grades, 92% improved thier attendance at school, 97% improved their behavior in school, 92% were promoted to the next grade level. These numbers are verified by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Florida in conjunction with the local school systems throughout the State. These numbers are also audited and certified by an accounting firm. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$3,500,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$4,500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$1,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2002 |
Amount: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$3,500,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Education, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Education |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
BBBS research indicates at risk kids directly benefit from this program. |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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No |
